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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Wednesday, August 22,1549.
Democratic Nomination.
SON CANAL comaftsstructit,
JONI( A. GOIBLE, of Lycoming Canny
(J Advertisements, /rt., intended far publication in
the Reporter. shmibi be handed in by Monday plight,
to ensure - their insertion.
North Branch, Caoal...lmportant Letter.
The following letter Las been handed us by the
gantleman to whom it was addressed. The sug
estions it contains are important, and the
immediate arention of the people of the Northern
-....ounlies of the State interested in the completion
of the Canal. It probably was not written with a
view to publication ; but as the writer is not in the
habit of temporizing, or concealing hie opinions
upon any question of state policy—we feel fully at
lthetty to give the letter to the public.
lirisenesratt, August 14, 16.47
My Data Slit:—From a conversation I had to
day with the Auditor General, who has been mak
ing an investization into the present and probable
6reirlition of the Treasury between this and the Ist
of February next, preparatory to making a report
to the Governor in acconlance with the provisions
of We Appropriation act of last session. I infer there
will be no money in the Tteasniy applicable to the
North Branch Canal this year. This is attributable
to the heavy appropriations which were intlispen
eable last session to pay old improvement debts.
and- to the withdrawal of about 5200,000 to the
sinking hind, abo n 5'100.000 -of which is now in
the.Tse.,-wry. You ‘‘1;1 perceive, on referring to
the duties of the Auditor General and State Treasu
-leer that they have to aseertaw the •ability of the
'Treacley to meet the February interest. There is
now about 8100.000 i i the TIPZISUIv applicable to
(he-slaking fend, and it is esimated that there will
be 5100.000 more belonging, lo it come in between
this and the Ist of February. As I understand the
Auditor General upon his estimates of receipts and
expencliitires to the Ist of February. and after de
ati,ll-, the above :3.200.000 fur the sinking fund,
there A ill be jut about -money.enough in the Trea
sury to meet the February interest. Thus, it is
plain, that the sinking fund will prevent the recom
mencement of the xvrils on the North Branch this
year, and will retard its completion hereafter unless
it can be Suspended. I am apprehensive that the
Commissioners cf the Fund are about making , ars.
tan to purchase stock .; as directed by the act
I think this ought to be prevented, if in any way
it is possible. The peliple all-along the line, oug h t,
in my opinion, at ris3ce to ask the Commissioners
to postpone the investment until the meeting of the
Leuislawre. •
I cannot doubt that such a course would be sanc
tioned by their Representatives.
By making the appropriation and suspending the
cancellation of the relief notes., the Legislature cer
wilily intended the completion of the canal ; and
under each circumstances 1 consider.the investment
of moneys which (night to ~ t,cl to the canal, is incon
s.s'etit with the obvious purpose of that body.
There is no time to be Inst. if you design any
rrvivern'e'et nn this 14uhject. You ought to ask the
Commissioners to delay the investment fora short
time at leas: ; and in the mean time the Gov's friends
i i the 'North oui;ldto ask hen to revonimend to the
Comtnissiireers to delay the money until
the meetine of the Legishemie. and when it does
•t. to recommend a mist, Ms: on of the sinking
ay , l rwt• nail] tile canal is completed.
11 this can be effected, I think the prospects for
an eatly commericemet t of the -work next year.
leasnuablv speedy completion of it. bright.
The Sinking Fond Commissioners are to have a
meeting to-morcow
c'. 1.. vc.ina, Esq.
LITER FROM ILARIRIS BURG S
Since the foregoing u•ax in
.type, and just as our
paper MIS going to preys. we receive] the agreea
ble intelhgence, contained in the annexed nute :
Motulay Evening, August '2O, IE4B
E. O: GOODRICH, ESC' —Dear Sir: I have this mo
rcent a Televaphich despatch from Harrisburg,
iii ou uti the ottitle at Oxiten, frOm from the lion
Jesse Miller, statieg that Auditor General Puraiance
his decided to report to j trier of commencing the
le irk on the North lir .7nrYt. Cart - ii ail season! It is
a lso 111,111ot-it that 11r. Ball. the State Treasurer, will
concur in the report. The dispatch is dated Satur
iiay afternoon—_-4here being no mail yesterday (Sun
da)) from Owego, a did not reach me until this
!'rim 'what is known of the. state of the Treas
ury. there pmbably vriil not be more than 5150.000
auplieable to the work this season: so that I still
the sutrtiestions of Mr. Miller as contained
i•i ! is letter of the 1.1 , t. timely. and worthy of
t., I , ..lerittion.- by sonic decided eflort next '
r ar.er, on the part of the iieople. interested, the
law creatiag - a Sinking Fund can be suspended—
we may have, du - in2t this year and the next, half
money enouith to - finish our (-anal, without increas
ing the state taxes a single dollar. That the sink
ing Inn i is at best a-doubtful and illusive scheme.,
must be evident to any one in the slightest degree
conversant with the ffnances of the State To say
riothiii.g of the relief notes, debts to domestic cred
itors, and interest certificates of all kinds, (three
cisses rat debt amounting alone to upwards of a
rn dhoti of debars) due and demandable at the
Viten.- - -tury, at any time—there is due and
hie of the funded debt of the state, over two mil
lions and a half. Some of this has been due since
tgil, and about two millions of it fell due in 1846.
With what foie then. can the state go to a board
lit stock brokers in Philadelphia or e6ewhere with
itie avails of the !sinking fund, and purchase its
tern debt, postponing its payment in the meantime?
Illtter by half complete a meritoriotis improvement,
artittto justice to the people of the valley of the]
Feligtiebanna. Such a scheme of political tackery
suna:Qled., through, near the close of an arduous
session of the Legislature, without examination or
uleb tie, absorbing measures for revenue brought
fulrward by the friends of the Canal, avowedly for
the pnrpose of completing it without increasing_
the general burdens of tasation, cannot be sustain
ed by the peo,ile of the North. Sus.pension, or re
p-•.d. lam p'ersuatleil will be demanded with one
v,iice, if that voice be tie'? Milled in the sickly are
na of political strife. or lulled into silence by sell
co.stituted partizan leaders for their own purposes.
'- Very hastily 'Ezttruly yours, sE..L. WARD.'
nAGURREOTYPES —Messrs. Taylor and Pastes,
• heated in No I, Brick Row, where they hive
-;:tiln some P‘cellent Daguerreotypes of our chi
which are worth a visit.
Cr - --T:ie late Democratic " Union and liirmo
.y conventions," hellcat Rome, adjourned withon
u.tking any appmach to the object of their meeting
Wesel , PA .41.i.t.ca, of Luzeme, whinnanidlons
,y nor, ~: ated by the Whig State convention, as the
caaluatc LH. Canal Commis!toner.
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._ The bsiklip . con taininga Court !loom, Jail and
a 1.,: id ' n n y„._ . • Aliedi T • ;lilt ,_ - ~
t ,' - qi, ", that rt ,'ne • !'" -• `,. t' •.- f delis
ciip? - ot'i ill not :' •,--- .--:; • g 'Sin' is
our ~ ere ay •.'', "haw* . 1 * o %unity
ma 'a pe iniefiniong, ' 4 N, • 1 '.,
. The bnilling is located on dre ea s t side of the
Public Square; at ttle centre. Its dimensions are
55 hi' 112i‘e - 1. - The Tait - iiiiiiii write' is Vim-
1 substantial stone' stork contains the jailor's apart.
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rnents, now occupied by sheriff Bobbins, and the
cells for the safe-keeping cl prisoners. There are
four of the latter, constructed iu the troll We mu
net, and with a regani to the comfort and conve
nience of thsCoocupenus.-Ahe see is -are -seppliert
by drains, and wraps isoctrreyed tom the weer
voir erected by Mr. *ard, so that an abundance of
-this article, so necessary to the comfort and clean
liness or the prisoners; is ensured. '°
The second story which is upon the level of the
public square, contains the public offices, *ltch are
now occupied-by the different officers. - They are
located upon each side of a spacious ball - and con
trast most favorably as to convenience, with the
cramped rooms jttst vacated. The Commissioner's
office is in the first room, on the tomb side, where
[ also may be found the Treasurer, who his not yet
occupied the next mom, intended for him. The
south-east loom is occupied by the Register -and
Recorder. Cin:the north side in the first room is
the Prothonotary, in a large and commmedious
room, where crowds who have business at the office
have ample verge. The next room, is intended for
the accommodation of theprand Jury, and will prove
a convenient room. The north-east corner, is oc
copied by Sheriff Dobbins, as his office.
The court room is situated in the third story, and 1
is one of the largest and most spacious rooms in
Northern Pennsylvania. Its arrangements are
made - with a view to the comfort and convenience
of those who are obliged to frequent it, while its
size makes it capable of holding the largest number
of people who Will probably ever be cot in
it, occupying the entire th' st ory . At the - west
end and fronting the JuJg cl k, agallery extends
across the room , beneath which re two Jury rooms.
An excavation has been made upon each side of
the building, for the distance of fifty feet, forming a
'jail yard in the north, and a yard for the accommo
dation of the jailors on the south, where will also
be erected buildings for fuel &lc.
Thebuiltling is erected in the Grecian lonic style,
under the directory of L Lamereur, architect, and
is both an ornament to the town, and acredit to the
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county. The workmanship is of the most arable
and substantial kind, and the building will proba
bly remain for years fur the accommodation at the
County.
The above description, necessarily brief and im
perfect, is to enable the reader to judge more of
the accommodations of the building, than its ap
pearance.
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To it Fr:en.l
In connection with the subject we have been for.
nished by the commissioners. with the following
statement of the cost of the building prepared from
the book of the office ; and certified to by their
Clerk.
COMMTSSIONER'S OFFICE, /tog. 20 1819.
Am't expended on court house, in 1847, 88,867 02
it 1.1 1848, 7,205 99
to Aug. 20, 1849, 1,693 62
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Total, - - • - - 5t7,466 47
Attest: C. S. RUSSEL, Clerk.
This is the amount,.it will be.seen, expended up
te the 20th of the present month. It includes, we
utlersland, the materials on hand which are san
e nt to finish the building, and leave only a small
balance due to workmen and merchants.
EREATA.- Our readers will discover in the anti •
de of our Herrick friend entitled " Evening by the
Siisqueltanna", that the types have conjured up from
its bosom a " maid" instead of a " Naiad", no par.
molar diflerence eitcept that the bath has in the
later case, more of poetry, and less of reality. Al
so that the same twilit', are guilty of a crime of
arnmisricm, by substituting that word for "mama
mon," in the same-article.
Importance of Good Nondnatima
We trust our democratic readers will pardon us
for again calling the attention of the people to the
necessity of attending The delegate elections, anti
having a full and fair expression of public senti
ment, in then election of candidates to represent
them in the next legislature. It will, on account of
the. apportionment And in many other respects, be an
unusually important session. The ablest and bent
men of the party ought to be. put in nomination.—
Experience is also requisite, and we can peeceiy
Tin good resulting to the party, or to the public la
tcrests, by dispensing with the services of men who
have proved themselves competent and faidtfol to
the interests of their constituents, who have .been
but a short time in the public set - vice. It is admit.
led by every map who has been in the legislature,
that for the first year or two particularly the first, he
has much to learn to make.Mmself useful. Now is
not folly in the public to discard a representative
just at the.very time he has acquired the knowl
edge requi,ite to be useful to them ? The public
interests have suffered much by this mistaken poli
cy : but if he has shownlimself unworthy of their
confidence, the sooner they throw him overboard
the better. Adheranee Ao the usages of the party,
in sustaining regular nominations, is al this time, es
pecially important. Whatever difficulties may ex
ist in any of the counties or districts, let them be
settled by the nominations. It is much better to
submit to a temporary wrong, which may be cor
rected at another time, in the proper way, than to
disorganize the party, and thereby create distrac
tion and bad feeling, which it usually takes years
to cure. By care in the nomiaations of senators
anti representatives, and consulting the wishes of
the people fairly, we can,_ beyond doubt, carry a
majority, not only in the houses, butin the senate.
The latter body will be very close, and there is no
room to indulge in schisms in any of the districts.
Those who may be the cause of the defeat of any
of the regular nominated democratic candidates, for
the senate and house of representatives,• this fall,
will indeed incur a high responsibility to the patty,
throughout the.state.—Key &one.
A Thieve Rescuk—An interesting.' little son of
Mt CHASE, 'Of the Owegd retinae Seminary, came
very near being drowned on Saturday last. He
wairstandingen some plank that are stretched over
the river in max of the Store-house occupied i by
Wm. H. Bell &. Co., and accidentally fell into the
river. Fortunately his perilons condition was dis
covered by some boys who gave the alarm. The
boy immediately sunk, and was forced by the cur
rent some aix dr eight rods down the niter, into
six feet wares Mr. J. C. Hubbard of the firm of
Greenlyli'llubbard, and George E. Rich, plunged
its the titer, and by diving succeeded in rescu
ing the boy from i watery grave. He had been in
the river Irma 8 to 10 minutes before he wakrais
eJ, and life appeared to be extinct,- by the timely
assistance ? and rkilifut treatment of Drs. Churchill
& Hoyt, aided by kind friends, he was restored to
lite and. health.—lrsoge Freeman.
The nntobei of deaths in Sandusky, from July
9th to Aog: 7th was 307.
— beiiipereiefiii OfSnarl Ilipurter,
u ..._ 1 , , !D . C . tearraiei Jaw OVOID.
E. 4GArce4lfy Dear Sir—taby toil
prom',.. on en I left ham pn*ed ids'
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write' , anOirlhere say my Aiend, On writ
find' n ' Ray iCe4rawing or new 6 yotOrst V
yen ,
d - iniihinOwrite worth imbIWA yea.
can correct, amend and add to, so that h may be
RaMl4l6.....l.4.MikehneLbtlitilineanit.pmetine-in
you, do not forget yams. I expect to find several
numbers of the Bradford Reporter whoa I leech
San Francisco
You undoubtedly ere this have seen and publish
ed diffeimit acketints •of Chain* aid ,Psoants,
and it will be entirely needless for me to give you
Clißriptirin'gffh"enf'ittia'cini pii~ags to Panama
It was like all others, enduring $Olll9 few hardships,
bin seating sights and enjoying scenes that would
well rotary us, even fir our journey thus far.
the timcwe left Panama =there were twenty five
hundred Americans on the Isthmus, all anxiously
awaiting a passage. Several vends arrived coon'
after we gut there, bui l , they were immediately
bought up by speculators, and the passage was pot
up from two to two hundred and fifty dollars,in the
steerage. We thought ourselves fortunate in get
ting a passage in a small schooner, consequently
we set sail on the Schooner "San Juan," (pro•
nomiced in Spanish, Sian -Warn) on the 21st day
of April, twenty three souls all told, W. E. Singer
&luta. The schenner wasilionght by a company,
and Singer serves - as Capt. He being our friend,
Henry Overton and myself got oar passages for
81.50,00 each. There were no chg.:lsla be found,
except an old Spanish one, a copy Of which we
secured, and with it set out to coast it up to S3O
Francisco. We bad but a small quantity of water
aboard when we left Panama, and from the infor
=lion received from our Indian pilot, we comic'
dad to run into La Tablos a small place about eigh
ty miles from Panama. The pilot ran - us into the
mouth of a small river, and we found when too
late that the town spoken of was some ten miles
up the river. We were here in a very dangerous
situation, laying six days and nights, surrounded by
reefs and ledges of rocks within a few yards of us,
and where the tide rises and falls twenty feet in
twenty-four hours. You can imagine our situation
there with the wind and current both against us,
the water breaking and foaming over the rocks and
we at times expecting our little vessel to be dash
ed to pieces upon them, The current sets in and
runs out this river like a mill•tale ; at different sta
ges of the tide a boat can land on shore. At such
times we often went ashore on hunting and explicit
ing expeditions. You well know that on the for•
mer expedition I would be the first one, conse
quently at every opportunity, I was ashore with
my gun, and *ere I tell you of the immense
amount of wild game in the woods and small prai
ries and ravines here, I would hardly be believed.
At every few rods not one but droves of deer would
jump and fly away from you, monkies innumera
ble hopping about upon the trees over head. Par
rots. chatting and calling and talking as if they
were sole possessor here. I killed a couple of the
latter of a larger and different plumage from any I
had ever seen, merely for the sake of their feath
ers, and had some some of my fair friends in To
wanda them made into a fan, I would venture to
say, they would think them the most beautiful ev
er seen. The comities we left alone, having a
specimen of killing them; we let the poor things
be. I will tell you the story—coming up the riv
er born Chaves a party of us went but a short dis
' lance into the woods, and discovered two old mon
kies with their six young ones np a large , tree; two
or three of the party immediately fired bringing
down the mother dead. The old father of the
family was still in the tree very severely wounded,
the young ones immediately ran to him for protec
tion and while holding on the limbs by one hand,
he would pass the young Ones down into a hole in
the crutch of the tree where they were in tab:4y.
The poor old fellow now made some most lament
able cries, and by his actions seem to ask to be
spared, but one of the party soon put an.end to his
misery by shooting him dead. He was the largest
one I ever Paw. When about leaving the place we
heard a rushing noise above us and looked and be
held the trees were completely covered with mon
kies in every direction A and the more we looked
the more seemed to be coming. I have heard
since that when they are wounded their comrades
kill them, this may account for their coming in such
numbers upon us. We left and then I made up
my mind never to kill a monkey. We found a
few Indians about the country near La Tablas, and
were visited by quite a number who brought us
eggs, chickens and beans; also a white man visit
ed us, a Frenchman, who was the only white citi
zen of the town, and who was making a splendid
fortune out of the poor natives by distitling "ague
adenle," a kind of strong liquor which they are
very found of. While laying in this place or of
our company shot a fine bullock, this was quite a
treat for us. At last a lair breeze came and we
were once again upon our journey ;one days sailing
from the place.we left brought us into the Pacific
Ocean ; after sailing some twenty. five miles from
the coast we laid our 'course for San Franciico.
' From that time until we reached here, I cannot
give you a fair description. We have experienced
all kinds of weather, mostly storms and calms, not
much fair weather; we have been in calms and
not a breath of wind for days and nights, and then
would come a thunder storm, which are so terrific
upon this coast that the Bloated' heart tremble at
witnessing them ; our little vessel herself would
fairly tremble under the repeated cntsbes of thun
der that seemed-to burst upon her decks. . 1 have
Wood many a-night-upon her when she hat been
towed and pitched- to and ho while it seemed as if
I could heat the lightning his. about the chains and
irons after being blinded by its brilliancy. No one
who has never beau upon this coast can even ima
gine the awful grandeur of one of these storms.
The rainy season had just commenced as we
left Panama, and hardly a night has passed but
what We have.had rain. It seldom , rains during
the day; then it is either a light breeze or calm.—
At such times it is a sight to see the immense
droves of fish that follow our vessel. We have
seen but kw Whales, but sharks, black fish, and
other large monsters in abundance, thousands of
dolphin, alvecore ends dozen ether kinds, have
followed us for days. We amused ourselves at
first by catching them, but soon got tired of the
sport as we caught so many that we would throw
them overboard ; but what stopped the fun more
particularly was that one evening• just before dark
we, caught a fine airman:, weighing about twenty
five pounds which was intended•for breakfast; du
ring the night it was left exposed to the rays of the
moon, (amt only about ten or fifteen minutes,)
which Poisoined it ; we at of it for breakfast the
nest morning, and soon after - there was a Kul
tiumim niltingteareties,ilThaeks fig Dr. LAO, be
suiPied ealh a a*, gatat mute it
/ 44 . 1 0 43 00 0 116 0 60 thir*V.. 036 -vas 414 °, 1 Y
inja4s . site theiire hive kjotenAll—otr
setti. w taitreiy
mortally one would jamp on board, but he *u
soon In his native! element !rip
11 Is fine *it Whavi tie porpogims come roaad
a vessel, they cone in droves of thohsands, some
of them turns somersets u they jump out of the
water; others swimming close alongside, and giv-
tug you a . knowing look then disappear ; as much
LL to'say, U excuse me 41 yon Onion:"
eleettip the-eoesc - the meet - •
We Gigot is the wait It is one continued
chain of mountains from the bay of Pomba , so
far as we have yet come, they are all of a volcan
ic nature, some of their peaks were lost to our
view, being fir above the clouds, others again in
view, being voicanic with smoke pouring from
their tops, it night the blaze from them could be
as chained) , seen., Aboat the 10th of May, we
were beganuirig to get near Bealijo ; a port inGoat-.
smalls, and• intended to make into that place, but
from not having a good chant it was impossible to
find it, we were detained some six or seven days
in hunting kW the place.
I have kept since I left home &short diary of ow
travels Sta., a few extracts any be interesting to
you. " Friday 11th May, my sick, and for a
sick person such a place is enough to kill a well
person without being sick. At 12 o'clock, M., we
were in Lat. 11° s', very good breeze, to-day Lat.
1.2, we expect to reach Realijo ; thia is seven bun-
died miles from Panama. It is doubtful if we
reach !here as expected. If calculations come out
as usual we will reach there next week.
The rainy season , hae•now fairly commenced, it
not only ruins bat pours down. I sleep on deck
and being soaked through every night with the rain,
is not a very good medicine for one that is sick, and
can but just drag himself about. I would rather
suffer this than sleep below where it is so very
hot, and where the cockroaches are in swarms and
large as fists, besides a poisonous reptile called
centipedes, and then also tarantulai, whose bi'e
is very poisonous under its full of them. Sunday 13.
As I expected we did not reach Realijo last even
ing, we are running along the coast, South in
search of the town, three of our men have gone
ashore to find natives, and enquire what* the town
Ir—they have returned—found no natives.
We came very near losing oar vessel to-day,
upon the breakers near shore. Capt. Singer dis
played a good deal of coolness when in the great
est danger, and Ins orders which saved the vessel
like a hero. What is to come next God only knows.
Here we am arrived at last at the place we suppos
ed Realijo was, but no such town here, and now
we are almost out of water, we will not reach it
to-day. Monday 14 ; In sight and opposite 'some
land as yesterday. Tuesday 15 ; Passed a miser
able night, half sick and lodged on the anchor
chains—towards morning a heavy rain. We caught
a good supply of water, enough to last for ten
days so now we are bound for Acapulco." We
coasted along as before experiencing nearly the
same weather rather more rain, accompanied al
ways with thunder and lightning. The view along
the coast up was more rnagnificient if possible
than that we had passed. Mountains so high that
we at times would be in sight of them for two or
three days, and whose tops were only discernable
when .he bky was clear.
We east anchoi in this port on the nth inst., after
laying off and on along the coast some six or eight
days in order to fine the harbor ; and now for a
faint description of this place, the scenery around
it and we must close.
The coast some few miles to the south and south
east of Acapulco, presents some of the most sub- -
lime and beautiful scenes, I ever witnessed in the -
whole course of my life. I have viewed the beau
tiful scenery of our own connty with admiration,
and have gazed with wonder and astonishment at
the mighty works of nature displayed throughout
our land ; but all that I ever have seen sink into
insignificance compared with these. To stand up.
on the deck of a vessel, on the great Pacific, and
turn your eyes towards the continent you will look
upon her mountains whose tops are lost in the
clouds, her vases washed by the waters of the
ocean that runs mountains high, and surge and
foam and roar like distant thunder, such was a
scene I will never forget. Our vessel was sailing
along finely up the coast, and as we passed along ; "
the scenery would alternately change from the
beautiful to the sublime, and then again to that
which would make one shudder, so high and ter
rific the rocks rise from the sea, with the eternal
thunderings of the waters in caverns that roach far
under them. At one time we would see the moun
tain sides covered with the most beautiful green
verdure, and soon after would appear the blirren,
rough and rugged sides of some volcanic moun
tains with scarcely a green spot upon it, whose
desolation looked such that man nor brute could
live upon it. Amidst scenes like these is to be
seen far away from the sea, a narrow channel or
entrance through the rocks, the bluffs on either
side tpeiog very high. No person in viewing it
when passing up the coast (without he was ac
quainted with it) but what' would take it to be
some cove or small bay that set in but a short dis
tance—and still this is one of the entrances to the
harbor of Acapulco, which is bound in time to be
famed throughout the whale work) for its beauty
and !safety. Would that I had the power of giving
• jusit and fair description of this beautiful bay, and
the thousand scenes that surrciond it. It is about
two !miles through a narrow passage, high mount
tains and rocks rising perpendicularly on each side
to the anchorage in the bay, and" four miles to the
city where anchorage is' within a few rods of the
beach. The city of Acapulco is situated at the
N. W. point of the bay, and as you turn a point at
the inner entrance to the S. E. presents a very fair
appearance."
The town is built of houses made with brick
burned in the son—all one story high and roofs
tiled. It contains about three thousand inhabitants
nearly every one natives—there were a few Span
hurts and negroes here, and one German.
The bay is completely surrounded by high moan •
tains except at the narrow entrance heretofore spo
kw of, and the waterin the bay may be as smooth
as the surface of a mirrbr, while the ocean May at
the time be lashed into fury by storms sweeping
over her bosom. It is bat a step from the oat
stilts of the city to the west, perhaps a quartet of
a mile from the main plaza, when you stand a*
a beantiforleved spot that overlooks the ocean,
town and bay, and where if the scene were in any
other place ,than in Mexico, would cannantly , be
visited krtho9anda.„ Dianne has rophalhi s it Saw
1
Iroer hesoni* baited. of feet than he mOntah4
iron either iiike—thile man has Bag out die treie
anlf elm* aWay the socks pii - 01,4
*Me omi:b r ut n*e particularly k tbarte a pit:,
es *tie bilezi*come through imatihe Ikea
to.the city. At all times during a hot day will be
r° l l .l4.:A!...O4AVAfia&
Upon Pal.
upon me• right of this upon a high blue of rocks
is the observatory, a rude hovel is built them,
where a man is stationed who hoists Bags when
any vessels are in sight. To the right further still
id !earl mirth lite cooris' placed upon heights
that overlook the town i —rtext comes a road or
Mosibo; - Wirtif
we are•high,oieonuica that no person. can gain
entisedor
their topic, tanning around to the eat, where they
terminate in the. sea, with. the exception of a nar-
row gorge in the mountains to the left of East
where a pass leads out into the country. A short
distance from the city to the south east a high point
puts out into the bay upon which is situated a good
Spanish fort, yell gairisoned. Acapulco boasts of
bat one Church mid froth the grelt devotion maul
kAted by her citizens for it, I should judge it an-
swan a better purpose than if they.bad a dozen.
ft is vary richly ornamented with image.; paintings
pictures &c. Th. have during service a full band
of music with dm= &c., and play some very
lively and good airs, also violins—and when they
play onq thinks of anything else but religion.
The Church is occupied nearly at all times, boll•
night and day, where hundreds of Senoras and
Senoritas can be seen kneeling for hours upon the
hard stone floors, and, pavements, outside the
church, and kissing the.dust. To see them one
will believe that their devotion comes from the
heart, and if so their religion most certainly will
carry them , through, as, well as any other. The
men are great rogues, they do not mind the church
as much as the women—they will lie, cheat, and
steal every thing can lay their hands. upon. They
do no work, the women do it all.
The streets are very irregular' and narrow, and
generally paved=•they are kept very clean by the
convicts who are chained together and employed
in sweeping the streets, and conveying away the
filth Fac. The back part of the town is under and
along the base of a mountain and the houses •etand•
very close together and in order to get from one
to the other, one is obliged to iizramble over rocks
that require the use of bands as well as feet. In a
great many parts of the city are beautiful yards
filled with cocoa, orange, lemon and other trees
loaded with fruits and flowers. They are mostly
enclosed by high wails; but in many instances
they remain exposed to view, the walls being
shaken down by an earthquake that destroyed the
city a few Years ago. Ruins of old . Spanish hous-
es, and walls, and courts can be Keen in every di
rection. •
• The markets are open each day from daylight
in the morning till 8 o'clock, A. M, and again
from dark until 9 o'clock P. M. Everything sold
is by the women. It is a sight to ses them there
by hundreds sitting around opon the bare ground
with their wooden bowls and trays before them—
generally smoking a cigar, and selling their fruits
&c. The market indeed consists almost entirely
of fruit—and of such a variety and quality as to
almost surpass belief.
They have almosit all the fruits of the northern
clime, and all those of the southern, to write the
names of each kind would Jill a half colemn in
in your paper. The natives almost entirely live
upon their fruit, which has been so bountifully pro
vided kw them. The natives are not a large class
of men, bat well formed and very active, and what
is remarkable they keep themselves very clean and
neat, this may easily be accounted for, by their be
ing in the water half of the time, the women bathe
daily as well as the men.' The Senoritas generally,
are very good looking, some of them quite pretty.
Their hair is the most beautiful ornament about
their person—jet black andvery fine it reaches al.
most to their feet, they are very proud of this and
take great pains in displaying it to the best advan
tage, they are easily got acquainted *ith, and are
very fond of the Americans. It is customaiy for
the Americans to be very polite to them, bringing
them cigars tke. and sitting down in some cool ver
andah and pass away the tithe as pleasantly as if
chatting away with some of our own fair girls. I
have heard much opposition expressed against
smoking, and I sometimes had an idea of stopping
myself, bat hereafter I will smoke for the sake., of
the enjoyment I have seen here.
Our vessel sails for San Francisco to-morrow to
day is the 20th. she's now fitting up almost ready
to start. The ship Chpiepo is now in this port with
one hundred and fift4 passengers, she is direet from
Panama, but made Very slow time almost forty . ,
days coming here. I forgot to say that we were
until the Bth , inst. before we arrived at this port
-48 days, we calculated when we left, er most of
those on board, to be En San Francisco in thirty days,
so you see how they. are disappointed, we are now
some 1500 miles from-Panama and two thousand
from the former place. Capt. Singer calculates
it will take us full asilong to get there as it has to
come this far, our captiiin is a good seaman and op
on several occasions we have been placed in posi
tions that required an experienced man upon the
sea, he has always been equal to' any emergency
as yet and all have.confidence in him. My friend
11. C. Overton is well and in fine spirits, he looks :
more like a Spaniard than an American, were' yofi,,
to see him at a Fandango dancing with a Senorita
you would think him one in truth, tanned by the
sun and his face covered with beard you would
hardly know him. My respects to friends.
Respectfully yours. Trio. B. Ovzaroar.
Accmmrr —Mr. Richard N. Horton, of Sheshe-.
quin township, was thrown from his wagon, on
Saturday last, and instantly killed.
As Ammer occurred -on the New York and
New Bninswick Railroad, on Wednesday last, near
Jersey City, which it is feared will resok in loss of
life to a German Girl aged about 15. She was
crossing the track and looking toward a train—the
4 o'clock train from Newark.--whieh was in front
of her; when another train coming from the oppo.
site direction knocked her down and. bruised her
severely. The train was immediately stopped, and
the conductor, Mr. J. W. Woodruff .? remained with
her affording every assistance in his power to alle
viate her sufferings, and procured the attemlanceol
several physicians from Jersey City, who dressed
her wounds—from the condition of which, howev
er they thought her recovery deubdil.—.Newark
Adoertiser.
An Indian was lama it Chippewa Falls on Sun
day morning, by order cf. Judge Lynch. He had
stabbed a Frenchman named Marshal. The Indi
an was one of several brothers who have been the
terror of their own tribo as twell as of the whites.—
Pittsburgh Post.
•
Foreign News brth steam er Hibe .
j i be stet erilibetia - arrived at New York, ee
Frifar.l r , rinhing important news from Ab e o ld
*arid, w will be. found below :
Aunts se Anemia—Gknious Suaess the
geiva *, The Hungarians continue snee eistoi.
Again they have defeated and outmaneuvered ib e
enemy—placed the Austrians in peril and cut et
biribrastaiThirterliblHetiatra OfelitiOns
three great generals are now in communiei t e t
with each other, - and, ready to atct *ether if ne le .
pity; Their respective positions are rendered se .
cure by the nature-of the country, while there it
nothing to prevent their emerging from their t aw
nesse* when occasion presents itself. The who,
population serve them with heart and hand,
.7bolleayffigMbNiftelg*liMeentA
movements.
TEFFICCIIS TIRE TO ow rIE Arr.
"iNe-u Has •
lautor.—The London News of Aug. 3, has Vienss
dates re Jely 28. -T4if gngliskparrers with the d e .
bate in Parliarnent on the Hungarian question haj
arrived and the Vienna public were • or.cut led ;ex.
tensivety in studying' 'the traesbitiOns, . which ap.
peared-zon - the, shove date of I.lbrd•'Palinersto n ' s
speech. This it is said.has been a clap of thunde r
to the Ministry. .
DEFEAT OF TOE Russuss.—The news of Goigey
having beaten the Russians at Jasseo [This name
is income t; the despatch we think must mean is
say Jaaz I3ereny or-Jasz Agsuhi, in the tesritory
the Magyar tribe ot•Jaszgyes which lies thirty odd
miles east of Pe:sth and forty miles south-east ef
Wastren.-4d..nib.) entered Kisschain and cross.
ed the Theisa, came at the same time and already
there were' rumors of intentions to negociate f a
peace.
SCCCESSEIS or Tax Sourn—Best —Temeswar
reported to have surrendered to the Magyars. j
Ban Jellocnich was 'continuing his retreat towa r d
the south of Syrmia. Bens announced his victory
to Kossuth in These three words : g i Bent, Ban, b e .
um." Ina later dispatch he says: "Our century
requires now to conquer only two Generals more
—Julius 'and Augustus."
RUMAIIS COUNTERNANIMD AT CRACOW.—Leven
from Cracow of the 23d Jane, state that a mas t
of Russian troops who were on the point of leava
the above city for Hungary, had received com e ,
orders. Twenty railway wagons bad arrived a .
cently in Cracow filled with - wounded Russians.
ANOTHER BATTLE*ROSSIANS DEEKATED.—Fre,
Post cript in Liverpool Courier, 4th—The account'
from Hungary, through Paris, Vienna and Cologne,
announce annother battle in:Hungary and anothe r
victory for the Hungarians at Erlau. It appears the
troops of Dembinski and Prkiewitch came to an
engagement, which ended in the defeat of theta."
siaus. Paskiewitch is cut off from his line of opera.
tions, and,Oembinski, Bern and Gorgey are in cols.
munication. Haynau is deicribed as in a most pe r .
ilous situation.
THE SOUTH IS POSSESSION OF THE MAGYARS--
The Magyar generals are masters of the whole
Southern line, irom Esseg, the main fortress or
Selavonia, on the Drave,
,the extreme suoth-east
town of Hur.rzary. to Orsora, farilitatin2 their rim.
munieation with Belgrade and the Turkish prosily
ees.
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FRIGHTENED —The
inet of Vienna are obviously in a state•of alarm.—
A peremptory orslerhas been isssued
the purchase of foreign stock ; shares, &c, the
ject being, it is supposed, to prevent money betty+,
sent out ot.tbe country.
THE BATTLE Or WAITZEN—NEW N turn —A
desperate battle was fought at Waitzen between th , t
• Russians commanded by Pad( iew itch and the Hm.
garians under Gorgey, in Which the fitrmer was de.
feared. The army of Gorgey has broken throafu
the lines and marched north, thus affecting a itsc.
'lion with'the main army. A letter from the eat
of war says: "Tire attack of the Hungarians nper,
Paskiewi:ch's division was tremendous, and the-
Rusatans were borne dawn and.compelledo Died
before the terrible onslaught of the Magyars sto
fought with unexampled courage and
,danne "
Another letter describes the Russians retreat 'r
'Donde Kesz as &disorderly flight before Dembr
ski's hussars, and states that the Rns-tans were wereaar
saved fionn annihilatidin by the an irsl of
It was admitted in Vienna on the. 201 h. that te
victory of the Hungarians at Waitzeultad been cots.
plete.
There has been a change in the Austrian 311 a.
TX:MEET—The Turks Riding the Ibinfirrum—
Aovlees tram Constantinople state !hat an army of
8Q 000 men is ordered urnssemble on the Huns..
Hai frontier to protect the Turkish territory and
disarm any airs:cilia,' be driven ocrosA the ftootiet •
Rt74. 1 1A —Republican Conspiracy —A Polish ppet
states that a Republican Conspiracy has been dis•
covered in Russia—that numerous arrests owe
been made, and that the whole affair was drret,*
by a Secretary of Count Orloff-280 pe,rsnos
been arrested. Officers with Hires de egilts
been sent to Mascots. and to other eine+ to ST7S
the member; of ibe coospitirary, which wag vea
Jed to overthrow. the reigning and establish a Pe
public., •
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NO PEACE BETWEEN ACSTRIA AND SAWDINI4
The A ustro-Pietimoin Treats is not yet setae,!. D:.
from appearances, it is likely to be at prt..en , :It
all. On consenting to the payment of 75-Koa uk
indemnity money, the l'iedmontese Go% eitimerl
further insists upon rot amnesty being, grairel 0 -
the Lombards. the Venetians and the
of Parma atuiPlacentia, which Austria prremVl•
rily. refuses -to comply with. Both pante:4 hail .
expressed' their determination to make lio eArcet ,
sinn, and it is said that Under the cut-na-aim
Sardinia hartletnanded_the stmintm of France
R C MORFD gSCJI OrrA RIBA LEll.—The Milin
:tette of the 22d, stares-that a rumor is current a :.:t
Neapolitan frontier, that paribakli had enit'arte.
for America ' tinder Ilene of d'nuise, and that totsit
now on the Tuscan Appenirres, merely_ W . @ V
his name as a sort of prestige. i
CHARLI3 ALDER? EiZA D.—Charles Albert
.E.t. I,
king of Sardinia, died at Saber July n.
bloat PRESEDENTIAL. EEGUILAiONA -The Puy
sent hits been on a tour to the South. On his it ,
lust to Paris he is fo review the whole of the toil
of the Seine, amounting to 150,000 men. Ili
spectacle is at present fixed for the 15th of Alva.
rune Gotha VP.-.The fends are also on the at;
voice, so that material prosperity is witin there!
of the ptiblic. The President is . still aceusid of
aiming at the Imperial Ciown. ' 7
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• THE EXPECTED REST° avies.--The Lir?'
Journal says his rece p tion i • the provinces a' 01
warrant the hope be is said to enteritis of bel4
reebieted for ten years. We put no faith in the re
rods of reaction in Frances.of the restoration of
the Orleanists or Bourbons. The day is past *
royal dramas, and Louis Napoleon is not the au?
to found a dynasty,
ENGLAND AND lIRELEDIS.7 , - , QUEEN'S rtsit to Irdit
-T•The Queen - having quitted- Osborne House for
Ireland en the Ist inst. .the Parliament was pro'
rogoed by Commission. - The speech delivered gl
ebe cloie contains nothing very novel.
The inhabitants of Cork, Dublin and Belfast t
making the most active preparations to give alb!'
al and enthusiastic reception to the Queen, and
litical feelings are almost forgotten in' the gerer i `
excitement iihich prevails. .
A Poe of Mr. Levim, residing abut T miles the.
side id Ranishorg, W 36 taken by his father on So
day last; to have several romps removed that he
had abont his neck. He was in excellent health
when he went to Herrisbergh--.-had - the open
performed, and died in lees than three hours thew
aher..--Lebanon Adv., Aug. 9.
Mer.apta —A man named Stone stabbed and kil
led a . man named Mills, in a drunken brawl, neat
M artuisvide, Heary county, Va., eight or ten Jar'
since. Stone going still at large.
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